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State Rankings - Memorial Day Weekend 2009

With the first major driving holiday of the summer season approaching, we have analyzed the laws across the country to determine the best and the worst states when it comes to exploiting the motoring public.

 

These state rankings were calculated using seventeen criteria related to specific traffic laws, enforcement practices, and the treatment of traffic ticket defendants. The rankings are designed to provide guidance to travelers who do not want their vacation ruined by speed traps, arcane laws or “kangaroo” traffic courts.

 

Full List Of State Rankings From Worst To Best

 

1) New Jersey

2) Ohio

3) Maryland

4) Louisiana

5) New York

6) Illinois

7) Delaware

8) Virginia

9) Washington

10) Massachusetts

11) Colorado

12) Oregon

13) Tennessee

14) California

15) Michigan

16) Vermont

17) Maine

18) Florida

19) Pennsylvania

20) North Carolina

21) Alabama

22) Rhode Island

23) West Virginia

24) New Hampshire

25) Arizona

26) New Mexico

27) Missouri

28) Texas

29) Oklahoma

30) Nevada

31) Georgia

32) Connecticut

33) South Carolina

34) Iowa

35) Hawaii

36) Arkansas

37) Alaska

38) Kansas

39) Mississippi

40) Wisconsin

41) Utah

42) South Dakota

43) Indiana

44) Minnesota

45) North Dakota

46) Kentucky

47) Nebraska

48) Montana

49) Idaho

50) Wyoming

 

List of Criteria Used To Generate Rankings (no particular order)

 

1) Speed Traps Per Capita (# of speed traps listed on http://www.speedtrap.org indexed to population)

2) Does the state have "driver responsibility" fees?

3) Does the state have mayor's courts?

4) Does the state authorize the use of roadblocks?

5) What are the freeway speed limits?

6) Does the state have red-light cameras?

7) Does the state have speed cameras?

8) Are there toll roads in the state?

9) Is a jury trial available for traffic violations?

10) Is trial by declaration (asserting a defense in writing without appearing in court) available?

11) Is the state a member of the Non-Resident Violator Compact?

12) Is the state a member of the Driver's License Compact?

13) Are radar detectors banned in the state?

14) Does the state have a primary seat belt law?

15) Are there adult helmet laws in the state?

16) Are there move-over laws in the state?

17) Is cell phone use banned?

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I was down in Smoky's this weekend, so I was driving I-71 & I-75 pretty much the whole way. On the way down on Friday between 9:30-4:30, I saw 3 Ohio Troopers outside right outside Columbus, watching traffic coming in, nothing else in Ohio. In KY, I saw a couple pointed the other direction right outside of Cinny. TN, non until I got into town and then it was the normal ones.

 

On Monday driving back, none in TN or KY. And didn't see any in Ohio until I got to the 36/37 exit in Delaware.

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